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COAL.
The whole amount of coal consumed in Cincinnati, in the year 1841, was one million nine hundred thousand and fifty bushels. In 1851, seven millions seven hundred eighty-five thousand bush- els. Our present consumption will enlarge these figures to fifteen millions bushels. This amount includes what is used for manu- facturing purposes, and what is sent into the interior to various points contiguous to Cincinnati.
There are sixty-eight coal yards in the city, and scattered over every part of it.
John Cochnower, who has ten yards and six sale offices, is the largest coal dealer in Cincinnati. Principal office, northwest cor- ner Western Row and Third street.
The coal which left the valley of the Monongahela, in the course of the year 1858, reached twenty-cight millions six hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and sixty-nine bushels, near ten millions of which quantity came down in the December flood of that month. One third, nearly, of this quantity was disposed of in this market.
Established in 1850. JAMES F. MELINE & CO., BANKERS AND DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE, No. 1º West Third Street, Cincinnati.
EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, BOSTON AND NEW ORLEANS.
An extended and well established correspondence enables us to collect throughout the western States expeditiously and at low rates.
WE FURNISH SIGHT AND TIME BILLS, IN SUMS TO SUIT,
ON OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS,
Messrs. SPOONER, ATTWOODS & Co., London ; THE ROYAL BANK OF IRELAND, Dublin;
PAYABLE IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF
ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES: EXCHANGE ON
France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, etc.
Our facilities enable us to furnish every variety of FOREIGN EXCHANGE on the most favorable terms.
Among our principal European correspondents are-
HOTTINGUER & Co., Paris; BIANCONE, BUSCH & Co., Hamburg;
NEBEL, SON & Co., Strasburg;
SCHULTZE & WOLDE, Bremen;
HOPE & Co., Amsterdam;
J. ABR. ARNTHAL, Cassel;
ANHALT & WAGENER, Berlin;
G. MULLER & CONSORTEN, Carlsruhe;
DE NEUFFILLE, MERTENS & Co., Frankfort; J. Vox Hisen. Munich;
WESTERKAMP & FORTLAGE, Osnabruck; LABOUCHERE & Co., Rotterdam; MARCUARD & Co., Berue.
PASSAVANT & Co., Basle;
CINCINNATI, March 1, 1859.
JAMES F. MELINE & Co.
COMMERCIAL AGENCY,
TAPPAN, MC KILLOP & CO.
G. F
TAPPAN, M'KILLOP & CO.,
WM. B. PIERCE, Director. Derby's Building, 2nd floor, S. W. Cor. Third and Walnut Sts., CINCINNATI, OHIO.
For the use of Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and all who sell on credit or have claims to collect.
This Institution owes its origin to Lewis Tappan, Esq., who devised and established the first Agency of the kind at New York, in the year 1811. In 1842, Wm. B. Pierce, then an Attorney at Albany, New York, and a nephew of Mr. Tappan, became associated with him as correspondent from that city. In 1849 Mr. Pierce removed to the West and established the first Agency at Cincinnati. The next year, 1850, he established similar offices at Louisville and St. Louis, all bearing the style of Mercantile Agencies. These have since passed into other hands, as has also the original office in New York City. The Commercial Agency was also established by Mr. Pierce at Cincinnati, in 1835, and has remained in his charge ever since. It has asso - ciates in most of the principal cities of the United States, England and Scotland, and has Collecting Agents in Ireland, France and Germany. Its principal associato office in New York City was established in 1842, and was designed as an improvement upon the office of Mr. Tappan, it being the first which extended its business over the whole country-Mr. Tappan having until then limited his operations to the Northern States.
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CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS! THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS:
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI BROAD GAUGE RAILROAD,
FOR Louisville, Vincennes, Evansville, Cairo, and SAINT LOUIS!
CONNECTING AT ST. LOUIS FOR ALL PLACES IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA, Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, and New Orleans; at
CAIRO, FOR MEMPHIS, VICKSBURG, NATCHEZ & NEW ORLEANS.
AT NEW ORLEANS FOR Galveston and all Places in Southern Texas.
NOTICE .-- The attention of persons emigrating west, is called to the fine timber lands between Cincinnati and Vincennes. Hick- ory, black and white walnut, sugar maple, poplar, oak and ash abound. To those who prefer prairie lands of superior quality, and at favorable rates, a fine opportunity is offered for selection between Vincennes and St. Louis, with all the benefits of a mild climate. Farmers on the line of the Mississippi railroad have the advantage of the two great western markets-Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Ask for Tickets via Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
COMFORT .- Broad gauge saloon cars through from Cincinnati to St. Louis, WITHOUT CHANGE.
ONLY ONE CHANGE OF CARS between Cincinnati, Louisville, Ev- ansville or Cairo.
Trains leave Cincinnati in connection with trains on all the Eastern railroads. One through train on Sunday.
THROUGHI TICKETS, to the South and West, via Cincinnati and Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, can be procured at all the Eastern railroad ticket offices, and at all the principal stations on roads east of Cincinnati, and at the several offices of the Compa- ny at Cincinnati.
W. H. CLEMENT, General Superintendent.
P. W. STRADER, Gen. Ticket Ag't, Cin.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
We invite attention to the fact that, having greatly increased our facilities by enlarging our store to more than twice its former size, we are prepared to supply all orders for the very best of goods in our line, and at a small advance. Our long experience in public life, making extensive acquaintances, eminently fits us for caterers to the public taste, and we have no hesitation in saying-from the approval we have already received-that our selections are suited to to the demands of the consumer.
BRANDIES .- We have some very old Brandy, which has been pronounced by competent judges the best in the city ; by the bot- tle, case, or casks.
BOURBON WHISKY .- We have a large stock of Howard's and Harp's Old Bourbon-some of it over six years of age-which is unsurpassed for smoothness and richness of flavor, and which we warrant perfectly pure ; by the bottle, case, or draft.
WINES .- Our stock of Wines is large and well selected-both Madeira and Sherry.
PORT .- Our Pure Juice Port is a delightful article for medicinal purposes, being free from adulterations, and having age to make it soft and pleasant.
APPLE BRANDY .- We have a very superior article, which we warrant pure ; and, in fact, we will only sell such articles as we can recommend, and are willing should bear our label.
We have, also, the best of all Liquors, Cordials, and STOMACH BITTERS. Barton & Guesteir's best OLIVE OIL.
Choice Green and Black Teas, including the celebrated English Breakfast Tea. SARDINES and STAR CANDLES, etc., etc.
Particular attention paid to our selection of HAVANA CIGARS, of which we have a fine assortment of the choicest brands, which we sell by the box or thousand.
TRAVELING LUNCH BASKETS .- A fine assortment, and particu- larly adapted for travelers' use.
As our goods have been selected from the best markets, and purchased for cash, we are prepared to offer inducements to all, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public.
E. B. & W. B. COLEMAN, 5 and 6 Burnet House Building.
CINCINNATI
CHEMICAL ABORATORY,
Junction of cast Pearl and Front Streets,
1 AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD DEPOT.
EUGENE GRASSELLI, Proprietor,
Manufacturing, Analytical and Consulting CHEMIST.
. MANUFACTURES
Sulphuric Acid, concentrated in Platina,
Pure Sulphuric Acid,
Aqua Fortis,
Pure Nitric Acid,
Muriatic Acid,
Pure Muriatic Acid,
Pure Hydriodate Potassa,
Copperas,
Sulphuric Ether,
Nitrous Ether,
Acetic Ether,
Aqua Ammonia,
Cannel Coal Burning Oil,
Cannel Coal Lubricating Oil,
Pure Paraffine,
Aromatic Mustard, etc.
ALLEN & CO., Agents, Southwest corner of Main and Fifth streets. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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STAR AND ADAMAN INE CANDLES
The attention of the public is invited to the fact, that most of the Star and Ada- mantine Candles offered for sale, are
Deficient in Weight.
So that what is sold for a pound, actually weighs but fourteen or fifteen ounces, and. packages marked "40 lbs.," fall short two, three, and even five pounds to the box. This loss does not fall upon the Wholesale Dealers, who sell packages at the MARKED WEIGHT, nor upon the Retailers who sell BY COUNT, but upon the consumers, who thus pay for about one-tenth more than they receive.
Many Candles that are really seven to the pound, are branded and sold as sixes, making a difference against the cousumner of five pounds to the box. The variation usually made in the price is not proportioned to this difference, as the following statement shows :
A box of sevens contains 247 Candles, and is sold for thirty- five pounds, which is the actual weight.
A box of fourteen ounce, or " Short Weight Sires," contains . only 240 Candles, same size as the Sevens, and is sold for forty pounds. €
Supposing the price of the former to be twenty cents, and the latter eighteen cents, there will be a difference of twenty cents in price, and seven candles in count per box, in favor of the full weight Candle to retailers and consumers ; and this will be increased five cents per box for every cent advanced in price.
The subscribers have always made their Candles full sixteen ounces to the pound, and marked packages at the real weight, which may be ascertained by testing them. As their experience in the business enables them to offer an article canal in quality to any in the market, they solicit the patronage of purchasers who desire to study their own interest, and at the same time encourage correct dealing.
PROCTER & GAMBLE,
NO. 24 WEST SECOND STREET,
CINCINNATI, O.
S. W. HASELTINE & CO.
No. 171 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE
AND
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SEED STORE,
SELLS
Landreth's & Thorburn's Warranted Genuine Fresh Seeds.
Especial care is taken that all Seeds are fresh, and the very best of the kind which can be obtained from reliable parties at home and abroad.
. Roses, Dahlias, Phloxes, Geraniums, Verbenas, Petunias, and Bedding Plants of the Choicest Varieties, including the newest and most desirable
GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, IN GREAT VARIETY.
Grape Roots and cuttings of all desirable kinds, Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Asparagus, etc.
Books on Farming, Manures, Gardening, Fruits, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, etc., the latest and best works.
Gardening and Farming Tools of every Description.
DEALERS IN
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY.
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, etc., sent to order, carefully packed, from the best Nurseries and Conservato- ries in the United States.
GREEN FRUITS.
Personal attention given to all selections from the best and most reliable sources, to complete orders, which are solicited.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
WHITE'S BANK NOTE RPEORTER, AND
COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR, ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1853,
And at the time of its commencement it was a mere local affair, reporting only the rates of the proprietor, who was at that time an Exchange and Money Broker. Notwithstanding the many disad- vantages under which all similar publications labor, WHITE's RE- PORTER gradually increased in numbers, and continued to grow in favor. On the first day of January, 1859, a new plan, and the one upon which the REPORTER is now published, was conceived and adopted.
The plan is this: The proprietor withdrew from the exchange and banking business, and determined to concentrate all his efforts in producing the most comprehensive and reliable monetary guide in the United States. And in order to make it comprehensive, four prominent cities were selected-NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, LOUIS- VILLE and ST. Louis-for its publication ; and that it should be reliable, a banking firm of undoubted character was engaged in each of these cities to correct the quotations, who pledge them- selves to buy all money as quoted, and thus indorse the REPORTER.
The arrangement is working beautifully and advantageously, and all thinking men must agree that the above is the true principle upon which such a periodical should be conducted.
TERMS.
WHITE'S REPORTER is issued regularly and promptly on the first and fifteenth of every month, at $1 50 monthly, and $2 00 semi- monthly. Two supplementary works are given, free of charge- The Describer of Genuine Bank Notes, and White's Coins of the World.
N. B .- Office in Cincinnati, on the corner of Walnut and Gano Streets.
DR. CHURCHILL'S SPECIFIC REMEDIES.
Syrup of the Hypophosphites, Composed of the Hypophosphites of Lime, Soda, Po- tassa, and Iron.
These remedies were brought to notice by DR. JOHN FRANCIS CHURCHILL, and have attracted much attention from the medical profession. To give a general idea of their action, we make the following extracts from DR. CHURCHILL's paper " On the Proximate Cause and Specific Remedy of Tuberculosis," read before the Academy of Medicine, Paris, July, 1857. Says Dr. C .:
" The total number of cases of Phthisis treated by me amounts to thirty-five. All were either in the second or third stages of the complaint; that is, they had either softened tubercles or cavities in the lungs: of these, nine recovered completely, the physical signs of the disease disappearing altogether in eight out of that number; eleven improved considerably, and fourteen died. The results will be found to justify the following conclusions :
" The proximate cause, or at all events an essential condition of the tubercular diathesis, is the decrease in the system of the phos- phorus which it contains in an oxygenizable state.
"The specific remedy of the disease consists in the use of a preparation of phosphorus, uniting the two conditions, being in such a state that it may be directly assimilated, and at the same time at the lowest possible degree of oxydation.
"The effects of these salts upon the tubercular diathesis is immediate ; all the general symptoms of the disease disappearing with a rapidity which is really marvelous. If the pathological deposit produced by the dyscracy is of recent formation, if soften- ing has only just set in, and does not proceed too rapidly, the tubercles are re-absorbed and disappear. When the softening has attained a certain degree, it sometimes continues in spite of the treatment ; and the issue of the disease then depends upon the anatomical condition of the local lesion, on its extent, and upon the existence or non-existence of complications.
" The physiological effects show these preparations to have a twofold action: on the one hand they increase the principle, what- ever that may be, which constitutes nervous force, and on the other, they elevate the tone of the several functions concerned in alimentation and nutrition."
The success of this treatment being so much in advance of any- thing before attained in the management of this heretofore almost incurable disease, calls for a thorough testing of these remedies. With this view the combination here offered in the form of syrup has been made.
The beneficial effects of these Salts are not limited to Consump- tion alone ; they are appropriate remedies in a large class of affec- tions resulting from loss of nervous force, Dyspepsia, Scrofula, debilitated conditions of females, lack of vital action in children, and where the osseous system is defective.
W. J. M. GORDON & BROTHER, Manufact'og Chemists and Pharmaceutists, N. E. cor. Western Row and Eighth St.
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Queen City Terra Cotta Works. Office, No. 76 West Third Street.
On hand and made to order,
WINDOW AND DOOR CAPS.
COLUMNS, PINNACLES AND CORNICES, DOOR, WINDOW AND TRUSS BRACKETS, Medallion or Cornice Brackets, And every variety of
ORNAMENTAL BUILDING WORK,
Equal in every respect to stone, and at one third, or less, in price.
Statuary, Dogs, Lions, Vases, Etc.,
Suitable for ornamenting Buildings, Gardens, Yards, etc. MARBLEIZED MANTLES, Cheaper and better than in any other material. WATER AND SEWERAGE PIPE.
BUILDERS, ARCHITECTS,
And all others who wish to save money and get a superior article, are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves.
Orders punctually attended to, and all work warranted.
FACTORY, Corner John and Betts Streets, CINCINNATI.
CHAS. D. FOOTE & CO.
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BELLS! BELLS! BELLS!
The subscriber is extensively engaged in manufacturing
BELLS OF EVERY SIZE
USED BY
Churches, Colleges, Public Buildings, Steam- boats, Plantations, etc.
His Bells are constructed upon true and correct principles in their form and thickness, and in the proportion and combination of metals ; thus attaining
The Greatest Degree of Sonorousness,
The most melodious tone, and the requisite strength and dura- bility.
An assortment of medium sizes are kept on hand, enabling pur- chasers to hear and judge of their quality for themselves.
Larger sizes, and, if desired, of a particular tone and key, and
Chimes of any Number or Size of Bells,
cast at a short notice.
Bells cast at this foundery are furnished with springs, to prevent the unpleasant sound produced by the clapper jarring on the Bell, and the most approved plan of iron yokes, wheels and frames.
A warrantec against breakage of Bell or hangings-if properly rung-is given for one year. Communications will receive prompt attention by addressing
GEORGE L. HANKS,
Nos. 120 and 122 East Second Street, Cincinnati.
SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES.
Prices, $50, $75, $110, and $125.
The long-continued, increasing, and wide-spread popularity of Singer's Standard Sewing Machines, for all manufacturing pur- poses, proves incontestibly their superior merit. They have al- ways commanded a higher price than other Sewing Machines, sim- ply because they were worth it. Greatly increased manufacturing facilities have enabled us to make a reduction of $25 in the price of each Machine. Since this reduction, made October 1, 1858, our sales of Machines have increased more than
FOUR HUNDRED PER CENT.
For all the various workers on cloth and leather, who rely upon their work for a living, no Sewing Machine has ever yet been pro- duced which is fit to correspond with Singer's No. 1 and No. 2 Standard Machines.
SINGER'S NEW FAMILY MACHINE
Is a light, elegant and rapid Sewing Machine, capable of executing a greater variety of work than other popular Sewing Machines for family purposes, and is sold all complete for use, at the extreme low price of
FIFTY DOLLARS.
It has achieved a great reputation in a few months.
Singer's Transverse Shuttle Machine
Is entirely new in its arrangement, differing in appearance and mode of operating from every other Machine before the public. It is designed for all kinds of family sewing, and is admirably adapted to various light manufacturing purposes. As an elegant
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and efficient assistant in private families, its superiority over all the family Sewing Machines heretofore sold is palpable even upon such ar examination as any unskillful person can make. It has not been possible thus far to supply the demand for these Machines.
The general characteristics of Singer's Machines, of all sizes and descriptions are, durability, facility with which the mastery of them can be acquired, capacity to perform all kinds of work, and the rapidity and perfection with which every kind of sewing can be done. All of these Machines make the best kind of stitch known.
Hemming gauges, binding gauges, and every other attachment known to Sewing Machines, of the most approved and effective styles, applied in the most convenient manner.
All persons who wish to obtain full and reliable information about Sewing Machines, and all articles used with them, the sizes, prices, modes of transportation, etc., can procure it by sending for a copy of
I. M. SINGER & CO.'S GAZETTE,
A beautiful pictorial paper, which is entirely devoted to Sewing Machine interests. It will be supplied gratis.
I. M. SINGER & CO., 458 Broadway, New York.
Branch Office, No. 8 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati.
Our agent at this office, Mr. James Skardon, keeps always on hand, a good supply of our Machines of the latest improvements ; also, an assortment of machine twist, thread, needles, and every article connected with the business. We would recommend all persons in the west, who may desire any information, to comniu- Dicate with this office.
No. 8 east Fourth street, Cincinnati, O.
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BAUEN'S NEW PATENT
SEWING MACHINE! THE ONLY ONE NOW MADE THAT Sews with a Double Thread,
Which can in a moment be changed to a Single one. Price, $35 and $40.
THE NEW YORK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
In offering this machine to the public in competition with so many other machines, say, in perfect confidence, that they are fully sat- isfied it is the very best double-thread machine now manufactured, for the following reasons :
First-It is single and double thread combined ; and, as many kinds of work require only a single thread, there will be a corres- ponding saving of cotton.
Second-It makes a firm, elastic stitch, which will not ravel, though every third stitch is cut.
Third -- The feed, which is a very important matter in a sewing machine, is adjustable, and can be so arranged as to sew on the finest fabric, and then run up to any required thickness, with but slight alteration of the tension of the thread.
Fourth-The intermediate pressure placed in front of the feed, to hold the cloth while the former goes back, is a happy discovery, entirely new, and insures a positive stitch; at the same tine, it supports and consequently prevents the breaking of needles, which is a great point gained, as most other machines are rendered very expensive by the frequent breaking of them, so much so, that their economy has been questioned.
Fifth-This machine makes a more beautiful stitch and approx- imatos nearer to a shuttle stitch than any other now made, and on cloth can scarcely be distinguished from it.
Sixth-This machine is operated by a belt, and can be raised up to adjust the under spool and looper without removing the belt, and sews with the machine thus raised the same as when in its proper place, which is a great convenience in threading and spool- ing the under looper.
Seventh-The thread tightener on this machine is so arranged that the spool is placed on a triangular spindle securely, the spin- dle turning on centers with the spool; and after you have the proper tension, it does not require to be changed until the thread is entirely run off the spool.
It sews from two ordinary spools, thus avoiding the trouble of winding. It runs silk, linen threads and common spool cotton with equal facility, and is so simple in its construction, and so arranged that a young girl of ten years could operaio it ..
The salesrooms are No. 7, under the Burnet House, on Third street, where the machines will be exhibited with pleasure to any one who may call.
W. B. COLEMAN. Sole agent for the Western and Southern States.
G. C. KNIFFIN, Dealer in LADD, WEBSTER & CO.'S Late Hunt, Webster & Co.'s Improved Manufacturing
And FAMILY SEWING MACHINES.
West
West
FOURTH
FOURTH
STREET,
STREET,
Cincinnati,
Cincinnati,
OHIO.
OHIO.
Great Reduction in Prices .- Silver medals awarded by the Vir- ginia State Fair, Mechanics' Fair in Baltimore, and Massachusetts State Fair.
These machines will stitch, hem, fell, bind and gather. They make a strong lock stitch, that cannot be raveled or pulled out. They make a beautiful, uniform stitch, alike on both sides of the work, without forming ridges underneath.
The machines have great strength, are perfectly simple, and the management of them easily acquired. Any spool of cotton, thread or silk may be used without re-winding.
They are the only Jock stitch family machine in use that will use skeined linen thread. The advantage of this for sewing heavy Jeans must be apparent. They will sew the finest Barege or Lawn without " drawing " it.
Hem Folders, of improved style and finish, accompany each ma- chine. All machines warranted, and full instructions given, to en- able purchasers to use them satisfactorily.
LE Send for a Circular.
INCORPORATED
AWARDED TO
Brunswick &Bro
Billiard's
10th Exhibition. 1858
ATI. 1829
THE LARGEST STEAM POWER
BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES.
J. M. BRUNSWICK & BROTHER, PROPRIETORS, CINCINNATI, O.
Brunswick's Improved Model Billiard Tables and Patent Combination Cushions, protected by Letters Patent, dated Dec. 8, 1857.
S NICE
VA INSTITUTE IA
OHIO
182
3.
This is the only true Patent Combination Cushion now in existence, and pronounced to be the best in the world for excellence in speed and truth of angles. The most of the recent improvements in the manufacture of these tables is highly appreciated by all scientific bil- liard players, and preferred to any billiard table now in use. Parties wishing to open club or billiard rooms would do well to address or call on J. M. Brunswick & Brother at their office and sales-rooms, No. 8 West Sixth street, opposite the Galt House. Factory N. E. corner of Elm and Canal streets. Cincinnati.
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